Enter the Super Bowl: the perfect opportunity to bust the machine out for the first time.

That's right. Leave the slow cooker in the closet. Yes, you could lean on your slow cooker again to feed your hungry game day crew. But that feels pretty 2015, doesn't it? In 2018, we don't slow cook. We Instant Pot.

To guide us through our first Instant Pot Super Bowl, we called three authors of recent Instant Pot cookbooks and asked them what they'll be using their Instant Pot for on game day. None of them mentioned this warm spinach-dip with pull-apart bread, but other than that their suggestions were pretty flawless. Here's how to do game day like them.

What Melissa Clark Is Making In Her Instant Pot

Cookbook author and New York Times columnist Melissa Clark is so obsessed with her Instant Pot that she wrote a cookbook dedicated to recipes you can make in it: Dinner in an Instant. Just why does she like it so much for parties like the Super Bowl? The obvious convenience factors, for one thing. Then there's this: "You know when you have a ton of people coming over to your house and you've had something in the oven all day, and your house kind of stinks? You do not get that from the Instant Pot. The kitchen isn't all hot. It keep things cleaner and more contained." Good point. Here are the Super Bowl dishes Clark's house will not smell like:

You'll be the only person on the block serving clams—and everyone will love you for it.

Photo by Christopher Testani

Thai Coconut Clams

This may seem too elegant for a football-themed gathering, but clams—despite looking fancy—are actually pretty easy to throw together, especially in the Instant Pot. "Think of this as a cool hors d'oeuvres," says Clark. "If you want to, put it in a pretty dish, but you can even just leave it in the Instant Pot liner. Get a baguette and let people rip the baguette and use the baguette as a little scooper for the clams. Just eat the whole thing together as an informal appetizer with an empty bowl to throw the shells in. No one is doing this. You will be the only person who has a big bowl of clams at your Super Bowl party. But it's really fun and really easy."

Black Beans

Well, not just black beans. "These beans are begging to be made into nachos," Clark says. "Take your black beans, put them on a platter, put your guacamole on top, then your crumbled up queso, and then you just have your chips to scoop in it. And that's it! It's so much better than your canned refried bean nachos."

Korean-style chili braised brisket with kimchi coleslaw

"Here, the convenience factor is amazing," Clark says. Brisket normally requires five or six hours in the oven. But with an Instant Pot, brisket "really only takes a couple of hours. The total time from when you take the brisket out of the package to when you can serve it is two and a half hours—and the meat is so tender."

To make this all feel a little more Super Bowl-y, you can make the brisket into little snackable sandwiches. "All you have to do is buy cute little slider buns, and then you've got instant sliders because you have the coleslaw, you have the meat, you have extra sauce, and you just put it all together and it is the perfect Super Bowl food."

What Coco Morante Is Making In Her Instant Pot

Coco Morante runs the definitive Facebook group for Instant Pot recipes and advice. She also authored the official Instant Pot-approved cookbook, called The Essential Instant Pot. "I use my Instant Pot for parties all the time, because you can make things ahead, it's hands-off, and it's convenient," she says. Here's what she's making for the big game:

Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs are a party classic, of course, but the Instant Pot makes the eggs easier to peel. "In the Instant Pot, the eggs are not actually boiled, they’re steamed under pressure. The membrane comes away from the shell much more easily and they end up much easier to peel than regular hard-boiled eggs. Which, of course, is important for deviled eggs, because you want them to look nice."

Hummus

A party classic, sure, but when you make it in the pressure cooker, you can use dried beans. "People have been using pressure cookers to cook beans in other countries for forever, and it’s just sort of getting to us in the U.S. The best part is that you don’t even have to soak the chickpeas. You just put them in there straight away and they take about an hour start to finish."

Mac and Cheese

Morante knows that there's no such thing as a Super Bowl party without mac and cheese. And the Instant Pot makes this foregone conclusion even easier to execute, beacuse "in the Instant Pot, you don’t have to boil a pot of water—it's one pot. It is actually a lot faster to make pasta in the Instant Pot than it is to do it on the stove."

Turkey Chili

Of course, since you'll have mac and cheese on the table, Morante recommends going lighter on the chili. "I like this recipe because it’s a little bit leaner than a beef chili, which is nice for the Super Bowl when you’ve got wings and nachos on the table." Hot tip: "You can make it ahead. It’s even better the next day."

Daniel Shumski

We know Daniel Shumski from his admirable dedication to waffle-izing all foods. But lately, the blogger and cookbook author has traded in his waffle iron for the Instant Pot (see his cookbook: How to Instant Pot). "The Instant Pot is great because there’s a 'keep warm' function on it, so if you make the barbacoa tacos, say, you can leave the meat in there for several hours. You don’t have to stand over it or fuss over it, you can let it do its thing." Clearly, Shumski is keen on those tacos for the Super Bowl. Here's what else he's eyeing:

Chickpea Salad with Lemon, Feta, and Fresh Dill

An option for people who are gluten-free, vegetarian, or just, you know, like fiber. "You can make it up to two days in advance," Shumski notes. "It requires a little bit of planning, but you’ll really thank yourself later."

Beef Barbacoa Tacos

Shumski has the same idea for these tacos that Clark does for her brisket. "Make the beef in the Instant Pot and keep it on the warm setting," he instructs. "Then you can have a taco bar set up where people help themselves, with chopped tomatoes and some cheese for sprinkling. People kind of assemble it as they go, at will."

Chili

Like Morante, Daniel thinks chili is a must at a Super Bowl gathering. But his involves beef and cocoa, for deep, rich flavor. (This is why you serve it alongside the chickpea salad.) "I would be selling the Instant Pot short if I didn’t mention chili. This isn't a recipe that requires you stand over it all day. Since it's made in the pressure cooker, it's going to be about an hour from start to finish."